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we'll have much more about roger ebert later on in the newscast. >>> all right. now to oklahoma where a major gas explosion has forced the evacuation of some neighborhoods. the blast sent flames shooting into the sky last night. the station is located north of oklahoma city. one employee who was on duty was not hurt. >>> possible tornado touching down last night in northern california. residents in redding reported seeing funnel clouds. no major damage. two twisters hit the area back in february. >>> a nice spring day almost everywhere. a few showers this morning in new york city but skies will clear up by the afternoon. south florida can expect heavy rain and it'll be wet from northern california to seattle. >>> temperatures in the upper midwest still colder than normal but denver is about 20 degrees warmer than usual with a high near 80. >>> coming up some controversial comments by the president getting a lot of attention online. >>> then the facebook phone. the first reviews are in. a major reason why you might want to give it a closer look. >>> caught on came
we'll have much more about roger ebert later on in the newscast. >>> all right. now to oklahoma where a major gas explosion has forced the evacuation of some neighborhoods. the blast sent flames shooting into the sky last night. the station is located north of oklahoma city. one employee who was on duty was not hurt. >>> possible tornado touching down last night in northern california. residents in redding reported seeing funnel clouds. no major damage. two twisters hit the...
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. >> you don't have to be a big fan of movies to know the name, roger ebert. thumbs up, thumbs down, has sadly lost his battle with cancer. he began his career reviewing movies for "the chicago-sun times." his last written words, i'll see you at the movies. john yang has more on his legendary career. >> i'm roger ebert of the chicago sun times -- >> he was a movie critic. a sought out voice. >> i think it is going to win. it is the best movie of the year. >> reporter: he has a star on the walk of fame. >> thumbs up for me. >> it's his thumb that made him a household name. the trademark review system developed with gene siskel. they worked for rival newspapers. siskel for the chicago tribune, ebert for "the chicago-sun times." their on air remarks. >> they need to be accurate to be good. >> their relationship was the source of endless fascination. >> the question was, do you like or hate each other. i said both. roger said, neither. >>> he called him the brother he never had. >> for 24 years we were on television together. for po years we fought it out on newsp
. >> you don't have to be a big fan of movies to know the name, roger ebert. thumbs up, thumbs down, has sadly lost his battle with cancer. he began his career reviewing movies for "the chicago-sun times." his last written words, i'll see you at the movies. john yang has more on his legendary career. >> i'm roger ebert of the chicago sun times -- >> he was a movie critic. a sought out voice. >> i think it is going to win. it is the best movie of the year....
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. >> roger ebert, huge loss. what do you feel? >> you know, absolutely. i think we all grew one "at the movies" and where we all figured out what we were going to see that week or coming up and movies because we trusted roger ebert and we trusted gene siskel and there hasn't really been those movie critics that we took to like them since then. they kind of paved the way and they broke the mold. >> also a very honest guy almost crumudgeonly. any moment you remember or like? >> the moments for me are just these recent years where we just saw this courageous man who some people on the outside would say is a shelf himself but we saw the soul come out in him and his words about fighting cancer and still reviewing movies, and i just think that that's just the measure of a man and that's who we saw and we also saw the relationship with him and his wife and how she fought to keep him here and fight this battle for so long and that's what sticks with me. he has done so much in his career but just seeing this battle in the last few years that's what sticks with me.
. >> roger ebert, huge loss. what do you feel? >> you know, absolutely. i think we all grew one "at the movies" and where we all figured out what we were going to see that week or coming up and movies because we trusted roger ebert and we trusted gene siskel and there hasn't really been those movie critics that we took to like them since then. they kind of paved the way and they broke the mold. >> also a very honest guy almost crumudgeonly. any moment you remember or...
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. >>> film critic roger ebert fighting cancer recurrence. he said he's got to back away from some of his film reviewing duties while he says he is to go about radiation treatment. >>> further proof today in berlin that they are still out there buried from the war 65 years an unexploded bomb from world war ii discovered in central berlin. the area was shut down. a brave person unscrewed the mechanical fuse, defused the device. it was dug up, carted away. a police spokesman said they find them all the time. it will take many years to find them all. >>> just how we vowed not to show you kevin ware's injury from the louisville/duke game on sunday, he said he hasn't seen the video of his own broken leg just so he can concentrate on getting better. >> with me having to rehab to get this leg back to where i need it to be, i can't see that. because it will only mess with my mind mentally. so i'm going to stay as far as away from that video as possible. >> we understand that. kevin ware speaking for the first time today since the accident. >>> when w
. >>> film critic roger ebert fighting cancer recurrence. he said he's got to back away from some of his film reviewing duties while he says he is to go about radiation treatment. >>> further proof today in berlin that they are still out there buried from the war 65 years an unexploded bomb from world war ii discovered in central berlin. the area was shut down. a brave person unscrewed the mechanical fuse, defused the device. it was dug up, carted away. a police spokesman said...
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roger ebert died at the age of 70. this look back at roger beater's career. >> his quick wit and thumbs up, thumbs down earned him fame. his love the fame came as an early age. >> i started going to the movies at a child as everybody did. my aunt would take me to the grown-up movies. my dad would take me to see the marx brothers. >> he began writing reviews for the chicago sun-times in the late 60s, and in 1975 was the first film critic to win the prize for criticism. he coauthored "beyond the valley of dogs" with russ meyer. in 1976, he teamed up with gene siskel to host a weekly review program on tv. within a few years it was put into syndication, and siskel and ebert's thumbs up, items down system became their trademark. >> two thumbs up had never applied to anything in history before. the phrase two thumbs up was not in use. people said "thumbs up." so when people say we're giving a two thumbs up, they're quoting us. >> in 1999 siskel died from complications stemming from a brain complication. the show's title was
roger ebert died at the age of 70. this look back at roger beater's career. >> his quick wit and thumbs up, thumbs down earned him fame. his love the fame came as an early age. >> i started going to the movies at a child as everybody did. my aunt would take me to the grown-up movies. my dad would take me to see the marx brothers. >> he began writing reviews for the chicago sun-times in the late 60s, and in 1975 was the first film critic to win the prize for criticism. he...
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the show's title was changed to roger ebert and the movies. a short time later richard roeper became permanent co-host of the show. >> you have all of these great actors. >> reporter: ebert also published annual collections of his film reviews as well as several film guides. not one to be left behind, ebert embraced social media, actively tweedin tweeting, never losing his voice. >> my legacy f there is one, will have to do with supporting films that people might not have seen, supporting directors that -- that deserve support. of course i review the big blockbusters and the commercial films. but from the very beginning it's been important for me to go out and look for independent films, documentaries and foreign films. >> until then, the balcony is closed. >> reporter: a.j. hammer, cnn, new york. >>> his legacy goes way beyond film. he inspired a generation of writers. so much wonderful stuff is being written about roger ebert today. >>> coming up, army brass firing a top general in the field. use the brand i use. oral-b -- the brush original
the show's title was changed to roger ebert and the movies. a short time later richard roeper became permanent co-host of the show. >> you have all of these great actors. >> reporter: ebert also published annual collections of his film reviews as well as several film guides. not one to be left behind, ebert embraced social media, actively tweedin tweeting, never losing his voice. >> my legacy f there is one, will have to do with supporting films that people might not have...
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roger ebert was amazing. it's devastating. he was a fantastic person and he was so good on twitter too even when he lost use of his invoices he was fantastic and always engaging. it's a really sad loss. >> my goodness. >> yeah. >> i'll see you at the movies. we will have more on that. >> a quick sound bite. let's hear this. >> the question was do you like or hate each other? and i said both. and roger said? >> neither. >> for 24 years we were on television together for more than 30 years we fought it out. on our newspaper jobs, there was a lot of competition, a lot of rivalry but also respect and friendship. >> they were great. they were absolutely great. yeah. >> up next, mike allen joins us with the morning playbook. why politico says spring training is over forist istiisir elizabeth colbert busch. we will be right back. -- for elizabeth colbert busch. we will be right back. for eliza colbert busch. we will be right back. [ male announcer ] at charles schwab, we've committed to setting the bar high by going low. tdd# 1-800-3
roger ebert was amazing. it's devastating. he was a fantastic person and he was so good on twitter too even when he lost use of his invoices he was fantastic and always engaging. it's a really sad loss. >> my goodness. >> yeah. >> i'll see you at the movies. we will have more on that. >> a quick sound bite. let's hear this. >> the question was do you like or hate each other? and i said both. and roger said? >> neither. >> for 24 years we were on...
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. >>> film critic roger ebert is battling cancer again. he is cutting back on movie reviews while undergoing radiati radiation. he is saying he's taking a leave of presence. he has previously had cancer in his thyroid and salivary glands. >>> and a release from an arizona prison after 42 years. taylor pleaded no contest in a deal that set aside his original conviction in a deadly hotel fire that killed 29 people. he will be our guest here on "starting point" tomorrow. >>> kevin ware back on campus after being released from an indianapolis hospital. 20-year-old sophomore suffered a horrifying compound fracture during a nationally twiced game. is he expected to be off the court for about a year while the cardinals continue on to the final four in atlanta this weekend. ware is hoping go with them, but he needs clearance to travel from team doctors first. >>> who does a 911 dispatcher call when she needs help? how about her mom. a frantic call about a girl drowning in the freezing columbia river, she knew it would take 30 minutes for a rescue
. >>> film critic roger ebert is battling cancer again. he is cutting back on movie reviews while undergoing radiati radiation. he is saying he's taking a leave of presence. he has previously had cancer in his thyroid and salivary glands. >>> and a release from an arizona prison after 42 years. taylor pleaded no contest in a deal that set aside his original conviction in a deadly hotel fire that killed 29 people. he will be our guest here on "starting point"...